After-listening activities
Everyday English:
Going to ...?
I can check that out for you.
Let me see.
Whereabouts are you going?
That sounds amazing!
You absolutely must visit them.
That's my team！
【Book 1】P74. 9. Work in pairs. Make a conversation based on the cues with the help of the functional expressions on the Page 74.
Student A You're a travel agent. Ask how you can help your customer.
Student B Explain where you’d like to go and how you want to travel.
Student A Ask for details about dates of travel and other preferences.
Student B Give details about dates of travel and answer questions about your other preferences.
Student A Make polite conversation and ask what Student B is planning to do.
Student B Tell Student A what your plans are.
Student A Ask if Student B needs any accommodation.
Student B Say what accommodation you need, and give your preferences.
Student A Confirm the arrangements with Student B.
Student B Thank Student A and ask about the price.
After-listening activities
Developing critical thinking
【Book 1】P78. 5. Work in pairs and discuss the questions.
1. Which is more important for a country's tourism: its cultural achievements or its natural beauty?
2. How does living on an island affect the inhabitants in today's global society?
Work in groups. Read the questions below and answer them based on the information you get from the clip and your common sense as well. Write down your answers on a piece of paper and exchange it with the neighbouring group.
1. Which continents are larger than Australia?
2. What is the alternative name for Uluru?
3. Who are the original inhabitants in Australia?
4. What is the world's largest natural feature?
5. What fraction of the population of Australia lives in Sydney?
After-listening activities
News report
Tell each other a story of your own experience by integrating the answers to the following questions instead of answering them separately. You'd better put the information together in a cohesive and coherent way. Pay attention to the tenses in your storytelling.
1. Have you ever been cold, lost, hungry or alone?
2. Where were you?
3. What happened?
Passage 1
Developing critical thinking
【Book 1】P80. 7. Work in pairs and do a role play. One of you (A) is an oversea student in Beijing Language and Culture University and is attending a TV show named “True story”. The other one (B) is the host / hostess. B tries to elicit A's story by asking him / her some questions. The questions below can be used as B's reference:
1. What would you do to feel comfortable if you were away from home?
2. What dangers or inconvenience might a person meet if they travelled alone?
3. What advice would you give to someone going to an unfamiliar region or country?
Passage 2
work in pairs and discuss what you think happens next.
Passage 3
【Book 1】P81. 10. Listen to another funny story, relax and enjoy it.
